Testing of Kaempferia galanga extracts against cancer cell lines

Authors

  • A.W. Norhanom
  • Y. Ashril
  • K. Awang
  • A. Hamid A. Hadi

Abstract

. Extracts of Kaempferia galanga, from the Zingerberaceae family, were screened for anti-tumour promoting and anti-tumour activities. The bioassay involved the inhibition of 12-0-tetradecanoylphorbol­13-acetate induced Epstein-Barr virus early antigen activation in Raji cells. KB cells were used for the anti-tumour screening. Chloroform extracts showed strong anti-tumour promoting activity against Raji cells (ED50 38 .ig mL-1) and anti-tumour activity against KB cells (ED50 7.6 µg mL-1). Petroleum ether extracts were active against the KB cells (ED50 8.2 ug/mL) but the methanol extracts was not active

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Published

29-04-1999

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How to Cite

Testing of Kaempferia galanga extracts against cancer cell lines. (1999). Malaysian Journal of Science (MJS), 18(1), 31-33. https://jpmm.um.edu.my/index.php/MJS/article/view/9381

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